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BUDLEIGH DIARYJAN - MAR 2014

The Community Magazine for the Lower Otter Valley

Your complete DIARY of EVENTS for the lower Otter valley

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including East Budleigh, Knowle Village, Yettington, Otterton and Colaton Raleigh

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Welcome to the NEW winter edition of the Budeigh Diary.

Budleigh Salterton and the surrounding area is renowned for it’s friendly atmosphere and great community spirit. We are introducing a ‘NEW’ feature in this issue called ‘The Budleigh Diary Community Interview’ in which we visit local people across the Lower Otter Valley. In this issue we meet the Salterton Drama Club at the Playhouse Theatre. If you would like to feature in the next issue or know someone who would we’d love to hear from you.

If you are not yet aware, there’s been a fundamental change to the Budleigh Diary that means every organisation, be it a club, society, charity, business, etc, can get their events into the next issue of the magazine in an easy, transparent way, so that the Budleigh Diary is exactly that - a diary of all events for the Budleigh Salterton area. For instance, at the start of the events section in this issue, you can see local events in chronological order. This is then followed by East Devon events.

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and login as your organisation and then add your events, it’s that easy. What’s great is that you can get your organisation’s events on the Hub and also in The Budleigh Diary through this single, easy process. At the last count, there were 78 organisations (clubs, societies & charities) already registered on the East Devon Hub in the Budleigh, East Budleigh, Yettington and Otterton area. This service is totally free to use and available 24/7. If your organisation isn’t registered, just Google East Devon Hub, then go to the register menu option, fill out the form and submit. We’ll let you know when you’re all set up to add events.

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Happy New Year for 2014.

J. Ingles

Editor’s Letter

The BUDLEIGHDIARYJAN TO MAR 2014

Readers - All correspondence to:

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Advertisers - Distribution by Royal Mail door-to-door delivery service to 3,680 residential and business addresses in the Budleigh Salterton area. We also distribute another 200 locally.

To advertise, write to the address above, email:[email protected] or call 512166 (if you have Clubs & Societies details, we cannot accept them over the telephone, you must write in or email only).

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JAN | FEB | MAR 2014Events for

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STRANGEST DREAM... Until 26 Jan - Approaching the 100th anniversary of WW1, Brook Gallery turns its attention to, Brook Gallery, Foreshore House, Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am.

JANUARY

EVEN THE RAIN (MEMBERSHIP OPEN TO EVERYONE) 08 Jan - Film starring Luis Tosar, Gael Garcia Bernal, Juan Carlos Aduviri, Budleigh Film Society, Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton.

JACK & THE BEANSTALK 11 Jan - Budleigh Salterton Carnival Club, Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton, 7.30pm.

ROSEHILL COOKERY FISH DAY 14 Jan - How to choose, bone, cook and use in many dishes, Rosehill Rooms and Cookery, 30 West Hill, Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am.

ROSEHILL COOKERY ASIAN INSPIRATION DAY 17 Jan - Learn the secrets of making an amazing dishes using ingredients from Asia, Rosehill Rooms and Cookery, 30 West Hill, Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am.

AFFILIATED BRITISH DRESSAGE 18 Jan to 19 Jan - Public Equestrian event. Check website for times & latest information, Bicton College, Bicton College, East Budleigh.

CASH BINGO 22 Jan - BUDLEIGH DIARY, Budleigh Salterton Lions Club, Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton, 7.30pm.

ROBIN HOOD 24 Jan to 25 Jan - Pantomime in aid of the cancer charity Force, Budleigh Buddies, The Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton.

ROSEHILL COOKERY BREAD DAY 28 Jan - We know you can’t beat the smell of home-baked bread, Rosehill Rooms and Cookery, 30 West Hill, Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am.

ROSEHILL COOKERY MEDITERANNEAN DAY 31 Jan - The flavours of the Mediterranean there are so many ways to adapt the dishes, Rosehill Rooms and Cookery, 30 West Hill, Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am.

BUDLEIGH SALTERTON FARMERS MARKET 31 Jan - Held last Friday of every month 9am - 1pm Rolle Mews Car Park, Budleigh, Clinton Devon Estates, Rolle Mews Car Park, Budleigh Salterton, 9.00am.

FEBRUARY

AFFILIATED BRITISH DRESSAGE 01 Feb to 02 Feb - Public Equestrian event. Check website for times & latest information, Bicton College, Bicton College, East Budleigh.

ROSEHILL COOKERY PASTRY COURSE 04 Feb - Making Pastry great to enhance your skills - beginners intermediate/advanced, Rosehill Rooms and Cookery, 30 West Hill, Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am.

ANNA KARENINA 05 Feb - Film starring: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Matthew Macfadyen, Budleigh Film Society, Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton.

ROSEHILL COOKERY ASIAN INSPIRATION DAY 07 Feb - Learn the secrets of making an amazing dishes using ingredients from Asia, Rosehill Rooms and Cookery, 30 West Hill, Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am.

ROSEHILL COOKERY BREAD DAY 11 Feb - We know you can’t beat the smell of home-baked bread, Rosehill Rooms and Cookery, 30 West Hill, Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am.

CASH BINGO 19 Feb - BUDLEIGH DIARY, Budleigh Salterton Lions Club, Public hall, Budleigh Salterton, 7.30pm.

ROSEHILL COOKERY FISH DAY 27 Feb to 28 Feb - How to choose, bone, cook and use in many dishes, Rosehill Rooms and Cookery, 30 West Hill, Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am.

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ROSEHILL COOKERY FISH DAY 28 Feb - How to choose, bone, cook and use in many dishes, Rosehill Rooms and Cookery, 30 West Hill, Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am.

MARCH

GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS 01 Mar - Gerry & The Pacemakers in Concert, Gypsy Music Promotions, The Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton, 6.30pm.

AFFILIATED BRITISH DRESSAGE 01 Mar to 02 Mar - Public Equestrian event. Check website for times & latest information, Bicton College, Bicton College, East Budleigh.

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WATERS OF THE MOON 03 Mar to 07 Mar - A drama set in an hotel on Dartmoor in 1950. Mon-Fri pm & Matinee Sat 2.30pm, Salterton Drama Club, Salterton Playhouse, Budleigh Salterton, 7.30pm.

THREE WALLS (MEMBERSHIP OPEN TO EVERYONE) 05 Mar - Film starring: Naseerudin Shah, Jackie Shroff, Juhi Chawla, Budleigh Film Society, Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton.

SPRING SPECTACULAR “JOEY THE LIPS” 08 Mar - , Budleigh Salterton Carnival Club, Three Rocks, Otterton, 7.30pm.

ROSEHILL COOKERY PASTRY COURSE 11 Mar - Making Pastry great to enhance your skills - beginners intermediate/advanced, Rosehill Rooms and Cookery, 30 West Hill, Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am.

CASH BINGO 12 Mar - BUDLEIGH DIARY, Budleigh Salterton Lions Club, Public hall, Budleigh Salterton, 7.30pm.

ROSEHILL COOKERY PUDDINGS 14 Mar - Puddings- all sorts of great ideas for the sweet toothed!, Rosehill Rooms and Cookery, 30 West Hill, Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am.

EMILY SMITH TRIO 16 Mar - An evening of traditional/contemporary folk music from the Emily Smith Trio, Gypsy Music Promotions, The Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton, 6.25pm.

ROSEHILL COOKERY FISH DAY 28 Mar - How to choose, bone, cook and use in many dishes, Rosehill Rooms and Cookery, 30 West Hill, Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am.

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Ballet

JEWELS (LIVE STREAMING BOLSHOI BALLET) 19 Jan - Jewels (live streaming Bolshoi Ballet), The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton, 4.00pm.

BOLSHOI: JEWELS 19 Jan - Season of live broadcasts of ballet from the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Exeter Picture House, 51 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter, 3.00pm.

LOST ILLUSIONS (LIVE STREAMING BOLSHOI BALLET 02 Feb - Lost Illusions (Live Streaming Bolshoi Ballet), The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton, 4.00pm.

BOLSHOI: LOST ILLUSIONS 02 Feb - Season of live broadcasts of ballet from the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Exeter Picture House, 51 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter, 3.00pm.

VIENNA FESTIVAL BALLET: CINDERELLA 12 Mar - Vienna Festival Ballet is proud to present their new 2014 Spring Ballet, Exeter Corn Exchange, Corn Exchange, Exeter, 7.30pm.

East Devon


GOLDEN AGE (LIVE STREAMING FROM THE BOLSHOI) 30 Mar - Golden Age (live streaming from the Bolshoi), The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton, 4.00pm.

BOLSHOI: THE GOLDEN AGE 30 Mar - Season of live broadcasts of ballet from the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Exeter Picture House, 51 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter, 4.00pm.

Children

THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF MR BENN Until 04 Jan - Full of catchy songs and astounding magic - for everyone aged 4 to 104, Northcott Theatre, Stocker Rd, Exeter.

PIRATE WORKSHOPS Until 04 Jan - Pirate workshops before/after seeing the show - a variety of fun & activities, Exeter Phoenix, Brandninch Place, Exeter.

SNOWMAN HUNT Until 05 Jan - Snowmen are hiding at Escot. Join our Snowman Hunt to find them! Escot Park and Gardens, Parklands Farm, Ottery St Mary, 10.00am.

Choirs

CHORAL WORKSHOP BACH MASS IN B MINOR 01 Feb - Workshop to explore Bach’s masterpiece, Exeter Philharmonic Choir, Mint Methodist Church, Exeter, 10.30am.

THE ARMED MAN 08 Feb - A Mass for peace composed by Karl Jenkins is at St Mary’s Church, The New Elizabethan Singers, St Mary’s Church, Bridport.

Classical Music

JOHANN STRAUSS GALA 02 Jan - New Year Viennese Gala with Gunter Bauer-Schenk & Fiona Murphy, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The Great Hall, Exeter, 7.30pm.

JOSEPH TONG & WAKA HASEGAWA - PIANO 4 HANDS 09 Jan - Local composer Gordon Langford features in the programme of this popular duo, Seaton Music, Seaton Town Hall, Seaton, 7.30pm.

MENDELSSOHN ELIJAH 18 Jan - Exmouth Choral Society will perform Mendelssohn’s Elijah on Saturday evening, Exmouth Choral Society, Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth, 7.30pm.

BEETHOVEN’S EROICA 31 Jan - Beethoven’s Eroica.Kees Bakels Conducts Ronald Brautigam, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The Great Hall, Exeter, 7.30pm.

HEROES & SUPERHEROES 13 Feb - More music from the movies: Robin Hood,The Magnificent Seven,The Incredibles., Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The Great Hall, Exeter, 7.30pm.

JONATHAN DORMAND - CELLO 20 Feb - Sonatas by Brahms and Poulenc with pianist, Marisa Gupta, Seaton Music, Seaton Town Hall, Seaton, 7.30pm.

BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH 27 Feb - Rui Pinheiro and Jennifer Pike, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The Great Hall, Exeter, 7.30pm.

BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO 9 08 Mar - Joint concert with Exeter Sympony Orchestra. Proceeds to Army Benevolent


Fund, Exeter Philharmonic Choir, Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, 7.30pm.

THE COULL QUARTET 13 Mar - One of the UK’s most highly respected quartets performs Haydn, Borodin & Ravel, Seaton Music, Seaton Town Hall, Seaton, 7.30pm.

TRPCESKI PLAYS CHOPIN 13 Mar - Chopin Piano Concerto No.1 and Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The Great Hall, Exeter, 7.30pm.

ORCHESTRAL CONCERT 22 Mar - Isca Ensemble Spring Orchestral Concert, ISCA Ensemble, Sidmouth Parish Church, Sidmouth.

Collectors

ANTIQUES VALUATION DAYS 09 Jan to 30 Jan - Four antiques valuation Thursdays in January by Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood, Kennaway House, Coburg Road, Sidmouth, 2.00pm.

VINYL SATURDAY BRIDPORT 01 Mar - For collectors of rock, pop, folk blues & jazz records & CDs, Vinyl Saturday Bridport, Bridport URC East Street, Bridport, 10.00am.

CONTINUED OVERLEAF

Community

Club Meetings

SID VALE PROBUS CLUB 07 Jan - ‘A Pensioner’s Adventures on the Amazon’ a talk by Joyce West, Sid Vale Probus Club, The Blue Ball, Sidmouth, 10.30am.

AXMINSTER PROBUS CLUB 07 Jan - Talk by Steve Parsons - ‘The Home Guard’, Axminster Probus Club, Kilmington Café, Axminster, 10.15am.

POETRY PLEASE! THE OLD MEETING 14 Jan - Poetry Please! The old meeting every 2nd Tuesday of the month, Sidmouth Poetry Please, Leigh Brown Room, Sidmouth, 2.00pm.

SID VALE PROBUS CLUB 21 Jan - ‘A Boy on the Farm’ - a talk by Spence Kingdom, Sid Vale Probus Club, The Blue Ball, Sidmouth, 10.30am.

SID VALE PROBUS CLUB 04 Feb - ‘The Life of Admiral Cochran’ - a talk by Dr Malcolm Burge, Sid Vale Probus Club, The Blue Ball, Sidmouth, 10.30am.

AXMINSTER PROBUS CLUB 04 Feb - Talk by D.J.Baldock - ‘Booze, Baccy & Cruise Missiles’, Axminster Probus Club, Kilmington Café, Axminster, 10.15am.

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POETRY PLEASE! THE OLD MEETING 11 Feb - Poetry Please! The old meeting every 2nd Tuesday of the month, Sidmouth Poetry Please, Leigh Brown Room, Sidmouth, 2.00pm.

SID VALE PROBUS CLUB 18 Feb - ‘Tour of Battle Sites - Anglo Zulu Wars’ - a talk by Brian Porch, Sid Vale Probus Club, The Blue Ball, Sidmouth, 10.30am.

SID VALE PROBUS CLUB 04 Mar - ‘A Life of Crime’ a talk by Peter Boef, Sid Vale Probus Club, The Blue Ball, Sidmouth, 10.30am.

POETRY PLEASE! THE OLD MEETING 11 Mar - Poetry Please! The old meeting every 2nd Tuesday of the

month, Sidmouth Poetry Please, Leigh Brown Room, Sidmouth, 2.00pm.

SID VALE PROBUS CLUB 18 Mar - ‘Lets Go to the Fair’ - a talk by David Baldock, Sid Vale Probus Club, The Blue Ball, Sidmouth, 10.30am.

Film Club

LYMPSTONE FILM SOCIETY 10 Jan - A LATE QUARTET (USA 2012), Lympstone Entertainments, Village Hall, Lympstone, 7.30pm.

LYMPSTONE FILM SOCIETY 21 Jan - The Glenn Miller Story (1953)The Bandleader Biopic. Doors open 2.00pm, Lympstone Entertainments, Methodist Hall, Lympstone, 2.15pm.

LYMPSTONE FILM SOCIETY 14 Feb - Summer in February (UK 2012), Lympstone Entertainments, Village Hall, Lympstone, 7.30pm.

LYMPSTONE FILM SOCIETY 18 Feb - David Lean’s version of Great Expectations (1946), Lympstone Entertainments, Methodist Hall, Lympstone, 2.15pm.

LYMPSTONE FILM SOCIETY 14 Mar - Oh Brother Where Art Thou? (USA 2000), Lympstone Entertainments, Village Hall, Lympstone, 7.30pm.

LYMPSTONE FILM SOCIETY 18 Mar - The Way We Were (1973) Redford and Streisand as mismatched lovers, Lympstone Entertainments, Methodist Hall, Lympstone, 2.15pm.

Fund Raising Event

SIX SADDLES CYCLE EVENT 25 Jan - An ambitious sequel to 2013’s very successful Six On Saddles cycle event, Otter Nurseries (OSM), Gosford Road, Ottery St Mary.

Jumble & Table Top Sale

JUMBLE SALE 15 Feb - Jumble Sale, Woodbury Village Hall, Woodbury Village hall, Woodbury, 1.30pm.

Social Group

CLUB WELFARE & SOCIAL MEETING 28 Jan - Tuesday evening social meeting, Honiton & District Lions Club, The Deer Park Country House Hotel, Honiton, 7.30pm.


CONTINUED OVERLEAF

SEATON LION’S ANNIVERSARY DINNER 21 Feb - Seaton Lions 30th Charter Anniversary Dinner, Seaton & District Lions Club, Dolphin Hotel, Beer.

Talk & Presentation

SID VALE ASSOCIATION TALK 15 Jan - “Sidmouth 150 years ago in Pictures” Speaker: Dr Nigel Hyman, Sid Vale Association, Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth, 2.30pm.

SID VALE ASSOCIATION TALK 19 Feb - “Extraordinary Stories from an Ordinary Life” Speaker: Iris R Jones-Simantel, Sid Vale Association, Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth, 2.30pm.

SID VALE ASSOCIATION TALK 19 Mar - “A History of The Knowle” Speakers: Rab & Christine Barnard, Sid Vale Association, Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth, 2.30pm.

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Craft

ACRYLIC AND OIL PAINTING WORKSHOP 30 Jan - Acrylic and oil painting. Suitable for all levels. Â£25, East Devon Art, Old Fore Street, Sidmouth, 10.00am.

CRAFT 4 CRAFTERS 30 Jan to 01 Feb - A great day out where all things are creative, Westpoint Arena, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, 10.00am.

CRAFT DAYS AT DALWOOD 31 Jan - Crafting for the Love of it, Dalwood Craft Day, Tuckers Arms, Axminster, 10.30am.

FABRIC ROADSHOW 03 Feb - Fabric Sale in conjunction with Doughty’s of Hereford, Sidmouth Patchers and Quilters, St John’s Hall, Sidmouth, 10.30am.

PAINTING IN INKS WORKSHOP 13 Feb - Learn how to use liquid, solid and powered inks.

Materials provided. Â£20, East Devon Art, Old Fore Street, Sidmouth, 10.00am.

CRAFT DAYS AT DALWOOD 28 Feb - Crafting for the Love of it, Dalwood Craft Day, Tuckers Arms, Axminster, 10.30am.

CRAFT DAYS AT DALWOOD 28 Mar - Crafting for the Love of it, Dalwood Craft Day, Tuckers Arms, Axminster, 10.30am.

Garden

LITTLEHAM HOUSE COTTAGE 09 Feb - A secret spring garden full of colour, NGS (gardens open for charity) Devon, Littleham House Cottage, Exmouth, 12.00am.

1 FEEBERS COTTAGE 15 Feb to 16 Feb - Mature but evolving cottage of 1 acre. Many varieties of snowdrops in spring, NGS (gardens open

for charity) Devon, 1 Feebers Cottage, Broadclyst, 12.00am.

LITTLEHAM HOUSE COTTAGE 16 Feb - A secret spring garden full of colour, NGS (gardens open for charity) Devon, Littleham House Cottage, Exmouth, 12.00am.

Heritage

QUAY HOUSE VISITOR CENTRE Until 29 Jan - Discover the history and development of the Quayside. Open weekends only, Quay House Visitor Centre, 46, Exeter.

WEST COUNTRY TO WORLD’S END 02 Jan to 03 Mar - RAMM tell the story of the evocative period of the Tudor age in the South West, RAMM Gallery, Queen Street, Exeter, 10.00am.


BILL DOUGLAS CENTRE 02 Jan to 28 Mar - Museum dedicated to the History of Cinema and Popular Culture. Open week days, Bill Douglas Centre, The Old Library, Exeter.

Opera

RUSALKA, BEAMED LIVE FROM NEW YORK MET OPERA 08 Feb - Opera by Dvorak beamed live to the Picture House, Exeter Picture House, 51 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter.

RUSALKA (OPERA) 08 Feb - Rusalka (Opera), The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton, 7.00pm.

PRINCE IGOR 01 Mar - New production of Borodin’s Prince Igor, Exeter Picture House, 51 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter.

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PRINCE IGOR 02 Mar - Prince Igor (Opera) music by Borodin, The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton, 4.00pm.

WERTHER, BEAMED LIVE FROM NEW YORK MET OPERA 15 Mar - New production of Massenet’s opera, Werther, Exeter Picture House, 51 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter.

WERTHER (OPERA) LIVE STREAMING 15 Mar - Werther (Opera) live streaming from the Met Opera, New York, The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton, 6.00pm.

Shows

TOPSHAM FILM SOCIETY 03 Jan - Hyde Park on Hudson, Topsham Film Society, Matthews Hall, Topsham, 7.30pm.

THE CIRCUS OF HORRORS - LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT 28 Jan - A whirlwind journey

through plague ridden London up to the great fire of 1666, Exeter Corn Exchange, Corn Exchange, Exeter, 7.30pm.

ROBIN COUSINS’ ICE 19 Feb to 23 Feb - Speed, style, glamour and grace: skating like you’ve never seen before, Westpoint Arena, Clyst St Mary, Exeter.

THE BIG CAKE SHOW 28 Mar to 30 Mar - Baking extravaganza with baking celebrities from across the UK, Westpoint Arena, Clyst St Mary, Exeter.

Sport

MUD AND SWEAT MTB NAVIGATION EVENT 05 Jan - Mud and Sweat, Mountain Bike Navigation (MBO) Event - The Turkey Burner!, Mud and Sweat, Woodbury Common, Exeter, 8.00am.

Theatre

ALADDIN A FAMILY PANTOMIME. Until 04 Jan - Theatre panto, Manor Pavilion Theatre & Arts Centre, Manor Road, Sidmouth.

MusicalsMERRILY WE ROLL ALONG 15 Jan - Merrily we roll along

(musical) on the Gateway big screen. (times & priceTBA), The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton.

KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING. 18 Jan - Theatre musical, Manor Pavilion Theatre & Arts Centre, Manor Road, Sidmouth.

PlaysJANE EYRE Until 11 Jan - Passionate and romantic drama for Christmas and the New Year, Cygnet Theatre, Address, Exeter.

THE MICE WHO ATE CHRISTMAS 02 Jan - Bad Theatre Company presentation. A Christmas comedy for adults & children 8, Dalwood Village Hall, Nr Church, Dalwood, 7.30pm.

PRESENTS “RED” OUR ANNUAL PANTOMIME 15 Jan to 18 Jan - Follow the story of Red, the wolf and the piggies in our new pantomime, Ottery Community Theatre, The Institute, Ottery St Mary, 7.30pm.

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: CORIOLANUS 30 Jan - Live broadcast of the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Coriolanus. Doors 6pm, The Electric Palace, 35 South Street, Bridport, 7.00pm.

PRIVATE LIVES (NOEL COWARD) 19 Feb - Private Lives (Noel


Pianist Craig Milverton and Saxophonist Martin Dale performing at the new

Kennaway Jazz Club, Sidmouth

Coward) on the Gateway big screen, The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton.

WARHORSE (NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE) 27 Feb - Warhorse, this powerfully moving drama is a show of phenomenal inventiveness, The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton, 7.00pm.

Wildlife

MILLING AT CRICKLEPIT 10 Jan - Watch local history come alive at DWT’s headquarters, Devon Wildlife Trust, Cricklepit Mill, Exeter, 10.00am.

BIRD WATCHING 18 Jan - Bird watching organised by Exmouth and Bystock DWT Local Group, Devon Wildlife Trust, Mudbank Lane, Exmouth, 10.00am.

Volunteering

A WIDE RANGE OF VOLUNTEERING VACANCIES Until 28 Jan - Volunteering opportunities through Sidmouth Help Link, Sidmouth Help Link, Mill Street, Sidmouth.

VOLUNTEER ROLES Until 12 Feb - An opportunity to work with these magnificent birds of prey, Hawkridge Bird of Prey Centre, Westdown Lane, Exmouth.

HOME-START VOLUNTEER PREPARATION COURSE Until 24 Feb - Supporting families in East Devon, Home Start Exeter & Devon, 149/151 Beacon Lane, Exeter.

DEVON WILDLIFE TRUST Until 01 Mar - Support us There are many ways you can get involved, Devon Wildlife Trust, Cricklepit Mill, Exeter.

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Exeter’s Underground Passages - 14-15th Century passage. Age restriction for under 5’s. 01392 665887.

Fleet Air Museum - extensive naval avia-tion museum. Yeovilton. 01935 840565.

Haynes Motor Museum - UK’s greatest collection, over 350 cars & bikes. Yeovil. 01963 440804.

National Marine Aquarium - all things fish. 01752 600 301.

Plymouth Pavilions - ice skating and also a swimming pool with water slide. 0845 146 1460.

CREATIVEArk Pottery - potters wheel, pottery parties. Book in advance. Cream teas available (in fine weather) in the beautiful garden of their C 16th Devon longhouse - a must do outing! Tel 01404 812628.

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Beer Quarry Caves - 01297 680282.

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South Devon Railway - steam train 7 miles of track. Buckfastleigh. 0845 345 1420.

Paignton & Dartmouth - steam railway alongside the river Dart. 01803 555872.

Pecorama - 01297 21542.

Seaton Tramway - 01297 20375.Trago Mills - small gauge steam railway. Nr Newton Abbot. 01626 821111.

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For the majority of people who visit the West Country the image of Lyme Regis is conjured up by two ladies.

Meryl Streep standing on the windswept Cobb, when she gave that memorable performance as Sarah Woodruff in the film “The French Lieutenant’s Woman”, is one. The other, of course, is Mary Anning wearing her bonnet, with a basket under her arm, collecting fossils.

Miss Anning (1799-1847), the fossil woman, lived in Broad Street and was the eldest child of Richard Anning, a carpenter and Dissenter of Lyme Regis. Although she made many important discoveries and helped her brother in the digging out of the first complete ichthyosaur, it would be stretching our imagination to call her one of the first women scientists; a title given to her in recent months. About this time both well-known and obscure fossil collectors visited Lyme Regis and, although many of them found their main attraction in the fossil shop of Mary Anning and her mother, there were many others for whom the first interest was to examine the fossil collection or museum belonging to the Miss Philpots. Who were these Philpots? A familiar name to our museum Geologist, Geoff Marshall, but I suspect a complete mystery to those of you brought up with the romantic story of Mary Anning.

John Philpot was a solicitor practising in London. In about 1805 he took a house at Lyme Regis for his four sisters. Three of them, Mary (1777-1838), Margaret (?-1845) and Elizabeth (1780-1857), settled there for life at Marley Cottage, number 1 Silver Street, which is now the Mariners Hotel. They soon began collecting fossils, and the youngest of the sisters, Elizabeth became the expert in this field.

The sisters also took on a young protégée who was one day, rather unfairly, to become much more

Local historian Ted Gosling looks back in time

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The Philpots and Mary Anningby Ted Gosling

Broad Street, Lyme Regis - where Mary Anning lived

celebrated than they were. This was, of course, local girl Mary Anning and, although the achievements of Miss Anning in her own right are remarkable, it was the Philpot sisters, which shrewdness and patience, formed a collection of local fossils that became famous throughout Europe and is now one of the pride of the Oxford University collection.

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One of many illustrations depicting a solitary figure, presumed to be Mary Anning on a outing, scouring the shoreline for fossils

Fossil exhibits at Seaton Museum. Lyme Regis also has a fine collection of fossils.

and published in book form as ‘Reiquiae Diluvianae’; Professor Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1801-1873); Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871); Professor Adam Sedgewich (1785-1873); Sir Charles Lyell (1796-1875); Henry Thomas De La Beche (pronounced Beach), and many others visited the town. I wonder what they would have thought of the claims to be the gateway to the Jurassic Coast, from every town from Exmouth to Swanage.

Buckland, known for his humour and eccentricity, would have remarked; ‘What a load of coprolites, most of these claimants do not know the difference between an ammonite and a belemnite’.

The fossil collection of the Miss Philpots consists of about 400 specimens, mainly from the Lower Lias of Lyme and Charmouth. It was compiled during the first part of the 19th century during which time it was studied by the various prominent paleontologists. On the death of the youngest sister, Elizabeth Philpot, the collection passed to a nephew, John Philpot and in 1880 it was presented to Oxford University by his widow.

Although the Philpots were the most important and should be given precedence in terms of strict science, do remember that Mary Anning, a local girl of humble background and education, became one of the finest field searchers of the time.

Of the other image; Meryl Streep? Well although John Fowles the author of ‘French Lieutenant’s Woman’ lived in Lyme, film fame is momentary and by the 22nd century she will be long forgotten. But Fossils! Well they are as old as time and for collectors in the future there will always be new and still rarer specimens to find. This means that Mary Anning, that young maid from Lyme, who devoted her life to exploring those frowning and precipitous cliffs, will never ben forgotten. After all is said and done, she makes a romantic legend and a good story.

Ammonite fossils exhibited at Seaton

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Meet the cast

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Front row left to right: Rosemary Williams,Shirley Snell, Wendy Gomm, David Holt, Mary Logan, Dianne Nicholls,Deborah Pearson.

The Playhouse is set next to the stream in Meadow Lane, and is accessed by footpaths, one from Station Road, one from the car park behind the Public Hall, as well as Meadow Road. The auditorium has raked seating and full facilities for approximately 80 patrons including disabled access and toilets.

Although the Club is relatively small, levels of enthusiasm and commitment are very high indeed.

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Front row left to right: Rosemary Williams,Shirley Snell, Wendy Gomm, David Holt, Mary Logan, Dianne Nicholls,Deborah Pearson.

The Playhouse is set next to the stream in Meadow Lane, and is accessed by footpaths, one from Station Road, one from the car park behind the Public Hall, as well as Meadow Road. The auditorium has raked seating and full facilities for approximately 80 patrons including disabled access and toilets.

Although the Club is relatively small, levels of enthusiasm and commitment are very high indeed.

There is a long tradition of successful amateur dramatics at Budleigh Salterton. Since the group was founded in 1938, it has gone from strength to strength, finally acquiring its own theatre - the Salterton Playhouse - in 1970.


Contact Salterton Drama Club:

Call:01404 811420or01395 269149

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Salterton Playhouse Theatre

‘WATERS OF THE MOON’

3rd March - 8th March 2014

By Norman Charles Hunter

Directed by: Ray Pickworth

TBC

2nd June - 7th June 2014

To be directed by Fay Hamilton

Upcoming Productions

The Salterton Playhouse is situated on a public footpath which runs from beside The Garden Shop fl orists on Station Road to Meadow Road.

As a result, we are currently able to stage four plays a year, with each production running for a week, every evening Monday ‒ Friday, ending with a Matinee on Saturday.

We are always glad to welcome individuals who are interested in acting and directing, and there are plenty of opportunities for non-acting members to become involved in a variety of backstage and front of house activities.The club also has a busy Social Programme, which does much to maintain the integrity of the group during the periods between productions. This involves events such as social play readings, theatre visits to both local amateur and professional productions, as well as our annual

Garden Party. The Salterton Drama Club is nothing if not social, and new members can be assured of a warm welcome.

We do endeavour to provide as wide a variety of Productions as possible, with a selection of comedy, drama and thrillers each year. In November last year we produced a show ‒ “Radio Budleigh presents An Evening With Noel Coward”. As the title suggest this was presented as a radio show, and consisted of a read One Act Play, followed by songs and sketches all written by Noel Coward. This gave many members who do not act the opportunity to appear on stage.

Our next Production is a Drama entitled “Waters of the Moon” by

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‘The Piano Group’. (left to right) Sandria Stewart, Tim Othen, Jenny Roberts and Penny Hill

N C Hunter. The action takes place at an hotel on the edge of Dartmoor between 28th December and New Year’s day in the early 1950s, and tells the story of elderly residents whose ordered life is somewhat disturbed by unexpected visitors. Rehearsals are already underway on Tuesday and Thursday evenings with the Production running from the 3rd to 8th March.

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‘The Piano Group’. (left to right) Sandria Stewart, Tim Othen, Jenny Roberts and Penny Hill

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Easy as 1-2-4by Cec Hardy

I can’t tell you what I got for Christmas because it hasn’t happened yet.

Oops, I’ve let the gerbil out of the bag. For all these years I’ve regaled you in the winter article with tales of how badly Christmas went and revealed my broken New Year resolutions when actually I write this in the dark days before the solstice.

In fact that attention-grabbing first sentence isn’t strictly true. Wife Christine and I bought ourselves a joint present back in November. It probably didn’t qualify as a Christmas gift since neither of us wanted it but that can perhaps be said of many a lovingly chosen present.

Our computer was but ten years old but we knew senility had struck when it began flashing messages

about memory shortages. This was a condition familiar to us both but we took exception to having it pointed out by a mere machine. Then we realised it was projection on that devious machine’s part for it was the computer itself that needed treatment that even defragmenting couldn’t supply.

We’ve been told that most people change their computers every two years. To me that‘s incredibly wasteful but reluctantly we conceded defeat on this occasion and added to the enormous pile of redundant electronic stuff at the tip. The replacement model is very fast but too efficient for my liking. I have the impression it’s decided we are decrepit old codgers and keeps suggesting we change things when we’re quite happy with the status quo.

Since I’ve now shot myself in the foot regarding 2014 resolutions I haven’t yet made I’ll mention one of last year’s instead. I’d joined a choir and decided I couldn’t get away with miming forever and had better learn to read music. It might even improve my harmonica playing. Simple enough to master the dots, I thought, for even Christine had recently managed it. “It’s mathematical.” she smugly claimed. Alarm bells should have started ringing in the head of one who once scored 11% in a maths exam.

Allow me to explain the rudiments of music theory as I came to not understand them. Sitting

comfortably? Something to drink? Basically, music is divided into bars. There are commonly four beats to a bar except when there aren’t. Inside these bars reside notes - semi breves, minims, crockets and quavers, which our American cousins refer to as whole, half, quarter and eighth notes. I don’t often agree with American pronunciation, spelling and grammar but in the case of music I find their ideas eminently sensible.

I believe a whole note occupies 100% of a bar. What puzzles me, among many other things, is that if a semi breve is a whole note and occupies a whole bar then what is a breve? Well, according to our super fast new computer the word ‘breve’ is derived from the Latin ‘brevis’ meaning ‘short’. This seems a little strange as I recall reading somewhere that it’s the longest note value in music use nowadays.

The Americans call a breve a double whole note since it lasts twice as long as a whole note. Now 82% of my brain can accept that you can have 200% of something but the other 11% doesn’t think you can go above the 110% which sportspeople often claim to achieve.

Of course it’s just as problematical when we get to really short notes. A semihemidemisemiquaver should come with a health warning. I badly burned my lips and twisted

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Easy as 1-2-4continued from page 19

my tongue when I unexpectedly encountered these while practising the harmonica.

Things were much simpler back in the 6th century BC. Wife Christine disagrees but declines to argue since I obviously remember it so well. It’s said that a clever Greek scientist called Pythagoras took time out from his triangular ruminations to let loose his great brain on musical theory and devised a system of octaves divided into twelve. Even to me this seemed logical and mathematical but unfortunately the music purists said it didn’t sound right so they messed about with it and sharps and flats started popping up all over the place.

So by the time I’d worked my way through bunches of keys, only to come up against augmented triads and diminished fifths, I’d decided to chuck in the choir, chuck out the harmonica and take up origami.

Who knows how many interesting artefacts can be produced from the pages of all my teach yourself music books? Certainly not me, I’m no mathematician.

Happy New Year, Cec

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ETHAN I first met Ethan when he walked up to me while I was sun bathing on my local beach. He was brandishing a freshly caught trout in front of my nose. He and his associates had just bagged eight of the beauties in one net they had set across the river upstream from the beach. These they proceeded to sell to beach-goers with the highest disposable income.

How was it, I said to them later, that they never seemed to be bothered by water bailiffs. Ethan just laughed and said that the last one they spoke to ended up floating down some river, still shouting, courtesy of the business end of his boot. I made a mental note always to keep on the right side of Ethan and his friends.

Poaching, although in his blood, was just a sideline for Ethan. He had what he called his proper job; which was a general dealer in anything that would make him a fast buck. In time, revenue and customs became just as interested in Ethan as he was in his money making ventures. This was somewhat unfortunate for

them as Ethan said he didn’t have to get involved with the Inland revenue as he lived on the coast!

ANGEL DUST There she was on the back seat of the 157 from town, all curled up like cat sunning herself on a kitchen windowsill. I hadn`t seen Simone for weeks since she went to visit her cat in Wales. She had apparently been stranded there on an island inhabited by monks, undergone a psycho- analytical test for the insane and been thrown into prison. Not bad work I thought, even for Simone, who courted disaster like butch cassidy collected banknotes. Later as we both sipped coffee at ginos she elaborated on the finer points of her latest adventure.

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MADE TO MEASURE BESPOKE DESIGNS: KITCHENS, BEDROOM, DINING & ALL OTHER FURNITURE

AVAILABLE TO ORDER

Contact: Michael Smith

T. 01395 278435 M. 07947 528685HARTOPP WORKS, WOODVILLE ROAD, EXMOUTH

www.furniturebymichaelsmith.co.uk

Furniture byM ichael Smith

Carpets, Vinyl, Laminate and Wood FlooringFamily Business - Personal Service, Home Selection Available. Karndean And Altro Safty Flooring

Tel/Fax : 01395 272715mnicholscarpets@hotmail.comwww.mikenicholscarpetspecialist.co.uk

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BARBARA ROUSECURTAINS & SOFT FURNISHINGS

Local Curtain Maker with 20 Years Experience

Specialist in hand-made curtains & blinds

Complete design service, measuring & fitting

Poles & tracks-supplied & fitted

Upholstery

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Tel: 01395 446692 Fax: 01395 443085

Registered Offi ce:Unit 2 - 3Salterton WorkshopsStation Road,Budleigh Salterton

For all your Electrical requirements.The local company which is small enough to care and large enough to cope.

Established 1980

BakerElectrical

Ltd

HOME IMPROVEMENT

Free Estimates ~ Collection & Delivery01395 223321 mob 0781 7984 505

Over 20 Years SpecialistExperience in Antique &

Modern Furniture

www.browningrestorations.co.uk

Restoration

French Polishing

Cabinet Making

Modern Finishes

before & after restoration

Browning RestorationsBrowning Restorations

• Mowing & garden maintenance

• Fencing• Flat pack furniture assembly

• Handrail fi tment• Jetwashing• Light bulbs• Shelving• Water butt fi tment• General repairs... and lots more!

Covering Budleigh Salterton & surrounding areaFor a free estimate, call Joe Beckett

No job too small

01395 44515107833 231590

[email protected] www.budleighneedahand.com


Visit our beautiful Sidmouth showroom to see our full range of interior products, including kitchens, bathrooms, fl ooring, designer fabrics, curtains and fi replaces.

SIDMOUTH DESIGNALEXANDRIA ROADSIDMOUTH, DEVON, EX10 9HE

01395 577558www.sidmouthdesign.co.uk

Tide Timetables for Budleigh Beach - Jan / Feb / Mar

- Please add 1 hour tide times to take into consideration British Summer Time which starts on 30th March.

- Dogs allowed on main beach for Jan, Feb, Mar.

mnth day time mtr time mtr time mtr time mtrJan 1 0559 4.4 1153 0.5 1828 4.4 none noneJan 2 0012 0.6 0652 4.6 1242 0.4 1918 4.5Jan 3 0058 0.6 0742 4.6 1327 0.4 2006 4.4Jan 4 0139 0.6 0830 4.5 1409 0.6 2053 4.3Jan 5 0219 0.8 0916 4.4 1449 0.8 2140 4.1Jan 6 0302 0.9 1003 4.1 1532 1.0 2227 3.9Jan 7 0347 1.1 1050 3.9 1618 1.2 2315 3.6Jan 8 0436 1.3 1140 3.6 1709 1.4 none noneJan 9 0006 3.4 0531 1.5 1236 3.5 1806 1.5Jan 10 0105 3.3 0635 1.6 1340 3.4 1909 1.6Jan 11 0214 3.3 0743 1.6 1453 3.4 2014 1.5Jan 12 0330 3.4 0850 1.5 1605 3.5 2115 1.4Jan 13 0439 3.6 0951 1.3 1706 3.7 2212 1.2Jan 14 0533 3.9 1047 1.1 1756 3.9 2305 10Jan 15 0618 4.1 1139 1.0 1838 4.1 2354 0.9Jan 16 0655 4.2 1227 0.9 1912 4.2 none noneJan 17 0037 0.9 0723 4.3 1308 0.9 1941 4.1Jan 18 0108 1.0 0751 4.3 1333 1.0 2010 4.1Jan 19 0126 1.0 0821 4.2 1348 1.0 2039 4.0Jan 20 0150 1.0 0847 4.1 1413 1.0 2102 3.9Jan 21 0222 1.0 0907 4.0 1446 1.0 2123 3.8Jan 22 0257 1.0 0931 3.9 1523 1.0 2154 3.8Jan 23 0337 1.0 1008 3.9 1604 1.0 2236 3.8Jan 24 0422 1.0 1056 3.7 1653 1.1 2329 3.7Jan 25 0519 1.2 1158 3.6 1757 1.3 none noneJan 26 0040 3.6 0637 1.3 1321 3.5 1926 1.3Jan 27 0206 3.6 0816 1.3 1449 3.6 2055 1.2Jan 28 0329 3.8 0936 1.0 1609 3.8 2204 1.0Jan 29 0444 4.1 1039 0.7 1718 4.1 2303 0.7Jan 30 0549 4.4 1135 0.5 1817 4.4 2355 0.5Jan 31 0644 4.6 1226 0.3 1907 4.5 none noneFeb 1 0043 0.5 0731 4.7 1313 0.3 1952 4.6Feb 2 0127 0.5 0815 4.7 1355 0.4 2035 4.5Feb 3 0206 0.6 0858 4.5 1432 0.6 2118 4.3Feb 4 0244 0.8 0941 4.3 1510 0.9 2201 4Feb 5 0324 1.0 1023 4.0 1550 1.1 2243 3.7Feb 6 0407 1.2 1107 3.7 1633 1.3 2326 3.5Feb 7 0456 1.5 1154 3.4 1723 1.5 none noneFeb 8 0014 3.3 0552 1.7 1253 3.2 1822 1.7Feb 9 0120 3.2 0700 1.8 1407 3.2 1931 1.7Feb 10 0246 3.2 0815 1.7 1529 3.3 2041 1.6Feb 11 0407 3.4 0924 1.5 1637 3.5 2145 1.4Feb 12 0507 3.7 1024 1.3 1731 3.8 2242 1.2Feb 13 0555 4.0 1118 1.1 1815 4.0 2333 1.0Feb 14 0634 4.2 1206 0.9 1851 4.2 none noneFeb 15 0019 0.9 0704 4.3 1249 0.8 1919 4.2Feb 16 0054 0.9 0731 4.3 1318 0.9 1946 4.2Feb 17 0110 0.9 0759 4.3 1330 0.9 2014 4.2Feb 18 0131 0.9 0827 4.2 1352 0.9 2041 4.1Feb 19 0202 0.8 0852 4.1 1424 0.8 2105 4.0Feb 20 0237 0.8 0916 4.0 1501 0.9 2134 4.0Feb 21 0317 0.8 0949 3.9 1541 0.9 2212 3.9Feb 22 0402 0.9 1033 3.8 1627 1.1 2302 3.7Feb 23 0457 1.1 1132 3.6 1728 1.3 none noneFeb 24 0009 3.6 0613 1.3 1255 3.4 1854 1.4Feb 25 0139 3.5 0750 1.3 1427 3.5 2027 1.3Feb 26 0310 3.7 0912 1.1 1552 3.7 2140 1.1Feb 27 0432 4.0 1017 0.8 1705 4.1 2240 0.8Feb 28 0539 4.3 1114 0.5 1804 4.4 2334 0.5Mar 1 0632 4.6 1205 0.3 1852 4.6 none noneMar 2 0023 0.4 0716 4.7 1252 0.3 1933 4.6Mar 3 0108 0.4 0756 4.7 1334 0.4 2013 4.6Mar 4 0147 0.5 0836 4.6 1410 0.6 2053 4.4Mar 5 0224 0.7 0915 4.3 1444 0.8 2132 4.1Mar 6 0300 0.9 0955 4.0 1519 1.1 2210 3.8Mar 7 0338 1.2 1035 3.7 1558 1.3 2246 3.5Mar 8 0420 1.4 1115 3.4 1642 1.5 2318 3.3Mar 9 0509 1.7 1202 3.2 1733 1.7 none noneMar 10 0005 3.2 0612 1.8 1318 3.1 1841 1.8Mar 11 0147 3.1 0734 1.9 1445 3.1 2002 1.8Mar 12 0322 3.3 0853 1.7 1559 3.4 2114 1.6Mar 13 0430 3.6 0956 1.4 1657 3.6 2215 1.3Mar 14 0522 3.9 1050 1.1 1743 3.9 2307 1.1Mar 15 0603 4.1 1138 0.9 1820 4.1 2353 0.9Mar 16 0636 4.3 1221 0.8 1849 4.3 none noneMar 17 0030 0.9 0704 4.4 1253 0.8 1917 4.3

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CEst 2006

ALL ANIMALSCat, Dog, Pet, Bird, & Reptile Care

When you are away from home All Animals offer: ∙ Daily cat feeding visits ∙ Home visits for dogs ∙ Pet therapy

∙ Small pet & bird care ∙ House sitting Service ∙ Dog walking

Qualifi ed, experienced & fully insuredFor enquiries call Tel: 01395 567973 Mobile 07980 188183

www.allanimals.co.uk

eastdevonhub.co.uk

What’s on? Just go to East Devon Hub, there are now over 2,350 organisations adding their events so you can pick what you like doing easily and quickly.

ANIMAL CARE

A flock of sheep at the all you can eat food bar


Nostalgic happenings on the farmThe Old Vet’naryby Ken Watson

Palpation

I f you don’t know what it means you soon will. I have always

admired the way my wife can handle dishes hot from the oven, but then if my fingertips were as innured to the heat as hers have become I would not have been able to carry out my life’s work as well as I have done. On the other hand my brother-in-law, a farmer all his life, had fingers like a bunch of bananas and they served him well. Every vet worth his or her salt gives patients a thorough examination whilst listening to the owner’s recital of the symptoms. Much of this is done by feeling with the fingertips, or palpation.

I often think the medical profession is losing this accomplishment because, like playing the piano, it needs constant practice. Of course, the medical profession is impeded by clothing, but just imagine if it were not so and you might have the situation where a mother has brought her daughter because of an ear infection and is suddenly told, ‘Madam did you know your daughter is pregnant?’. Such a scenario often happens in the veterinary world, or maybe it is a large abdominal tumour, or even severe constipation. That is what make veterinary work so much more interesting than medical.

A car salesman who was a bit of a wag once telephoned me and as I was rather a long time coming to the phone he said, ‘‘Have your arm half way up a cow did you?’’ Only he did not put it quite like that which is something that people might find repugnant. But believe you me it is where palpation really proves its worth. In there is a world of wonder. With your fingertips you can feel all the amazing stages of pregnancy or it’s aftermath, the growth of the foetus and the accompanying throbbing rise of the arteries and changing shape of the ovaries. Maybe it is all redundant today because of that modern miracle the scan.

Yet I am sure one skill has not changed; that magic moment when you feel the situation inside the newly opened uterus of a different birthing in a sheep, cow or less often a mare. What is this jumble of legs? Are they fore or hind legs or even a mix of twins tumbling to be born. Or where is the head, and in the case of twins does this head belong to these legs. Once the situation has been sorted comes the business of bringing the foetus into this world. Two forelegs and a head together is the ideal but sometimes you have to make the most of what you find

and it can then become difficult. It is amazing what a difference can be made by just pulling the ears through the cervix, the head will then follow. I once used this principle to good use. I was called to a caravan where a puppy had it’s head stuck in a hole in the floor. When I arrived there was already a fire engine and an RSPCA team on the scene, and the firemen were assembling some powerful looking cutting gear. I noticed that the hole was one inch longer than it was broad, so I turned the puppy’s head and then pulled the floppy ears back one at a time and out it came. But, returning to the birthing process, one thing is certain, for that one moment when you hold that slimy, warm and wriggling new born in your arms is one of the best sensations ever. Having carried out those essential procedures to kick-start life I would turn and look at the owner and I never came across even the most toil hardened farmer who could not help a smile crossing his face.

K. Watson


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Budleigh Salterton DENTAL PRACTICE

& Implant CentreRoutine Dental CareDental ImplantsTeeth WhiteningCosmetic Dentistry

Sedation options available for nervous patients

11 Station Road, Budleigh Salterton, EX51JY

Since 1960

Providing a personal & professional approach to all your dental care, in a relaxed and friendly environment

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HEALTH & Fitness


COURSES & CLASSES

Tel 01395 277835 or 264767

Providing a range of services to people in their own homes that include:

www.helpinghands-care.co.uk

Personal care Meal preparation Shopping

Housework Escorted outings

All staff are trained and policed checked

Community Care Service

Judith WaltonCounsellor MBACP (Accred).

Contact me in confi dence on 01395 443265 or 07756 405060 or [email protected] Also see www.judithwaltoncounselling.co.uk

Providing counselling in Budleigh Salterton and surrounding areas. Working with individuals experiencing stress, panic attacks, anxiety,

phobias, depression, abuse and relationship issues. I am also a trained bereavement counsellor.

HEALTH & CARE

PilatesThe Church Hall, East Budleigh &The Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton

Pilates focuses on developing core strength and fl exibility, and it helps improve posture and balance.It is low impact and suitable for all ages and fi tness levels. To fi nd out more please contact Tessa Whittingslow on: 01392 832434Nordic walking Lessons also available.

www.tessawhittingslowpilates.co.uk

Enabling you to safely fulfil your potential

• Companionship at home• Company for outings and walks• Accompanied Shopping • Attending Appointments

For more information and charges call me, Linda on 01395 577632 [email protected]

My Companionship & Support Service for Local Residents

Excellent

References!

Footcare for all the family

A friendly and highly professional service guaranteed where comfort, hygiene and confidentiality are paramount in the comfort of your own home.

To book an appointment please call Beverley on 01395 567 252 or 07786 224 248

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Food & Drink

RIVER COTTAGE MIDWINTER FEAST 03 Jan - Festive dining at River Cottage, River Cottage HQ, Park Farm, Axminster, 12.00am.

RIVER COTTAGE MIDWINTER FEAST 04 Jan - Festive dining at River Cottage, River Cottage HQ, Park Farm, Axminster, 12.00am.

BREAD COURSE 27 Jan - Join us and learn to make great bread every time, The Holt, 178 High Street, Honiton, 9.30am.

SMOKING & CURING COURSE AT THE HOLT 29 Jan - A beginners course on Smoking and Curing at The Holt, Honiton, The Holt, 178 High Street, Honiton, 5.00pm.

BREAD COURSE 24 Feb - Join us and learn to make great bread every time, The Holt, 178 High Street, Honiton, 9.30am.

SMOKING & CURING COURSE AT THE HOLT 26 Feb - A beginners course on Smoking and Curing at The Holt, Honiton, The Holt, 178 High Street, Honiton, 5.00pm.

Language

TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE 10 Feb to 07 Mar - Trinity College CertTESOL course. Learn to teach English as a Foreign Language, Sidmouth International School, Sidmouth International School, Sidmouth, 9.00am.

Courses and Classes provided by eastdevonhub.co.uk


Rolle Podiatry& Health

friendly, convenient & expert services

Rolle Road, Budleigh SaltertonChiropody 01395 442437 [email protected]

Massage 0771 3200 907

Susan Fishwick MFHT, CNHCComplementary Health Practitioner & M Technique Instructor• Aromatherapy• Swedish• Indian Head• Hot Stone (thermotherapy)• Manual Lymphatic Drainage

Kate McNally BSc Pod, MChs Linda Wendon MSSCh, MBChAHealth Professions Council Registered Podiatrists• Routine Chiropody/Podiatry• Diabetic Foot Care• Orthotics & Insoles• NEW Nail care service

HEALTH & CARE

The Firs care home is a residential home for the elderly and people with dementia. The home is set in safe attractive grounds within walking distance of the town, seafront and cliff s.The home off ers quality care to private and funded residents. Our aim is to provide a safe secure and homely environment to those who need the care and support we can off er. We provide 24 hour care whether long term, short stays or repsite care. We also provide day care and convalescent care.

Our accommodation off ers:• Two lounges, 3 conservatories

• A lift for easy access to the 1st fl oor• A varied and wholesome dining experience

• Purpose built wet room• Individual rooms all with en-suite facilities

Contact us at The fi rs for more informationOr visit us at the address below:

Tel: 01395 443394Email: fi [email protected]

www.bucklandcare.co.uk

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on this page!


A GREAT COMMUNITY RESOURCE

Every organisation can get their events into the next issue of the Budleigh Diary, totally free of charge and with a minimum of effort, so that the entire Lower Otter Valley population are kept abreast of all events.

The process is simple, you just add events into East Devon Hub. Then, when we produce the next Budleigh Diary, if you’re events are in the HUB, we bring them straight into the next magazine’s event listings.

To celebrate The Budleigh Diary’s new Daily Events Diary, we’re featuring one club, society or charity in each issue.

Just email [email protected] or call 01395 513383

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22 YEARS OF SERVICEAs more Independent Financial Advisors are

leaving the industry, put off by a rapidly

changing sector and an ever increasing burden

of compliance and continuing professional

development, Sidmouth based Richmond

Independent Financial Advisors are delighted to

be celebrating twenty one years of business in East

Devon.

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Recent figures from the Association of British

Insurers (ABI) suggest that 1 out of every 2 people who retire could qualify for an enhanced annuity. Some retirees may be able to increase their incomes by 40% (depending on their health and lifestyle situation). If you don’t shop around for your annuity and simply take the first one on offer then you might be missing out. In fact, the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) issued a report in 2012 which suggested that by taking the first annuity on offer pensioners could be losing up to £1 billion in retirement income.

You might not think that you qualify for these enhancements but our experience has demonstrated that it’s always worth considering lifestyle

and any health conditions. A combination of a few health or lifestyle factors might be enough to give you an enhanced retirement income.

Importantly, it has been estimated that around 5 million people in the UK are walking around, with undiagnosed

high blood pressure (source - the British Heart Foundation). If you have any doubts, a free blood pressure check can be arranged at leading pharmacies.

Celebrating 22 years of Business in East Devon

MANAGING your MONEY

Helen has been advising clients in the East Devon area for the past 22 years and specialises in the provision of retirement and investment advice.

Her firm also provides a specialist annuities service for people approaching retirement and newly retired which operates nationally.

To find out more about her practice, you can view her company website at:

www.richmondindependent.co.uk

Helen MulvaneyBA (Hons), Dip M,

DipPFS

Proprietor ofRichmond

Independent

If you don’t shop around for your

annuity and simply take the first one on offer then you might

be missing out.

Don't lose out in retirement


Here’s a list of some of the lifestyle factors and health factors that might qualify for an enhancement:-

• high blood pressure• high cholesterol• weight problems• smoking• previous occupation• alcohol intake• heart problems • diabetes• or serious illnesses, for instance, cancer

This isn’t an exhaustive list and we recommend

that you take independent financial advice which will focus on your personal situation. Remember once you’ve bought an annuity you can’t undo it - so it’s a once-and-for-all transaction - which makes it even more important to check everything.

For more details contact Helen Mulvaney of Richmond Independent (01395 512166).

Richmond Independent is a trading name of Investment & Financial Solutions Partnership LLP which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

High quality & long shelf-life marketing for Sidmouth, Budleigh

Salterton and the whole south coast of Devon, from Lyme Regis

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For those approaching or in retirement, ensure that all your options have been considered. We research the whole market to find the most suitable annuity and retirement options. We specialise in this service.


DIRECTORYACCOMMODATION

Syon House - 442991

ACCOUNTANT

Peter Findlay - 568568

ANTIQUES/ VAULATIONS

Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood 01392 207000

BUILDERS

Haveron and Vanstone Builders 443615

CABINET MAKER

Furniture by Michael Smith 278435

CAR DEALER

Hamilton Garage - 578131

CAR VALETING

S R Car Valeting - 223445

CATERING SERVICES

Bespoke Buffets & Catering Services - 445495

CHIROPODIST

Rolle Podiatry & Health - 442437Walking on Air Footcare - 567252

CLEANING SERVICES

Spick and Span - 260271

COMPANIONSHIP

PM Business Support - 577632

COMPUTER REPAIR

Computer Solutions - 519209

COUNSELLING

Judith Walton - 443265

COUTURIER

Jean Thompson Couturier - 446241

DECORATOR

Richard Baker - 443179

DENTIST

Budleigh Salterton Dental Practice 442552

ELECTRICIAN

Baker Electrical Ltd - 446692Four Corners Electrical Services 277808

ESTATE AGENTS

Fulfords (Sidmouth) - 578126

FAMILY HISTORY

Ottervale Family History Services 442428

FINANCIAL ADVICE

Richmond Independent - 512166

FITNESS CLASSES

T. Whittingslow Pilates 01392 832434

FLORIST

Buddleia Flowers & Gifts - 442695

FURNITURE RESTORATION

Browning Restoration - 223321

GARDEN EQUIPMENT

Garden Kit - 567514

GARDEN LANDSCAPING/ MAINTENANCE

Honey Park Gardeners - 446394Greenscape - 442044Sherwood’s Tree Care - 444423

HANDYMAN

Needahand - 445151

HEALTH & FITNESS

Devoncourt Hotel - 272277

HOME CARE

Bluebird Care - 01392 426006Helping Hands - 277835

HOME MAINTENANCE

Budleigh Inside Out - 568602

INTERIOR DESIGN

Sidmouth Design Co. - 577558

PET

Budleigh Dog Grooming 07875 684371All Animals - 567973

PICTURE FRAMING

Talisman Framing - 442251

PHYSIOTHERAPIST

Body & Mind Therapy - 444067

PLUMBER

Clark Heating - 442923

REMOVALS

Baters Removals - 01404 812487

RETIREMENT/ NURSING HOME

The Firs Residential Hotel - 442294The Old Vicarage Retirement Home - 568208

SCHOOL

St Peter’s School - 576829

SECURITY SYSTEMS

Tamar Security - 01392 368830

SOFT FURNISHINGS

Barbara Rouse - 232532Mike Nichols Carpet Specialist 272715

SOLICITORS

Symes Robinson and Lee - 445581


Need help with your retirement options?

Your local specialist annuity & retirement adviser

Richmond Independent is a trading name of Investment and Financial Solutions Partnership LLP which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

Ask for Helen Mulvaney on 01395 512166

We are happy to help you with your retirement choices and our experience can potentially help ensure that you don’t miss out on all the options available.

We aim to:

Ensure you have considered all the options available to you.

Research annuity rates to get you the most suitable deals on the market.

Check whether you qualify for enhanced rates.

Take on the burden of paperwork & liaise with your annuity and pension provider.

Advise on draw-down and other options.

Help you work out if investment annuities are suitable for you and to pinpoint the advantages.

Advise on new EU rules which mean that male annuitants will get less income (eff ective from Dec 2012) and a new directive on capital adequacy will also have a downward eff ect on rates.

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